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What tool (software or hardware) is most valuable to you in your work?

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echelon_force | 1 year, 9 months ago
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google. the no BS search engine.

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solarmax | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Duct tape

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digital | 1 year, 9 months ago
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A large rubber mallet. There is nothing that baby can't fix, or subsequently destroy to hide any evidence of said fixing.

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digital | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

I would like to also say, a fork would be my second choice for tools. You know, for shoveling food and shit yo!

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atomney | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I'm not sure you could call it a "tool" but Linux/GNU in its many forms would be the most valuable thing I use every day. From running firewalls to scanning windows hard drives for viruses, it does it all for me and my company. Other than that... Maybe coffee. :D
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roboguy | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Can't decide, so here are my favorites:

Visual C# Express Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/express/windows/)
Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/)
Reaper (http://www.cockos.com/reaper/)
AVR Studio (http://atmel.com/)
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)

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sparkinium | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My favorite is my Leatherman Wave. It's almost always got the tool I need, and it conveniently stores on my belt. I keep it with me at all times. It's great for quick computer fixes, quick hacks, or any number of things in the theatrical world.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Leatherman rocks too. This question needs narrowing.

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shapr | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

I have a Leatherman Surge I keep on my belt at all times (except for flights).
It's surprising how often there's a use for it.

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wocka | 1 year, 9 months ago
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The most valuable tool that I use in the lab every day is a pair of tweezers.

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duncant20196 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Simply put: Soldering Iron & Solder

I also do quite a bit of networking, and thus: Angry IP Scanner

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brock_lee | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Locking forceps .

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robertely | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Second!

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philkll | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Google/Internet
notepad++
Soldering iron
TIG welder
3/8" flex head ratchet

Well my favorites at least.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Yeah, I will vote on Notepad as well. It is scary how much I use that thing.

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mifty | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

I'm going to second the Notepad++ nomination. TextFX makes it super easy to clean text of non-printable characters, and user-defined languages let you highlight just the syntax you want highlighted.

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engr4life | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Alcohol!
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smoketester | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Denatured!

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chuckpainnorris | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Crazy glue. It will fix anything that your 357 magnum cannot.

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rostit | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Leatherman

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grunthos | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

I always have my Leatherman with me, and I'm always fixing stuff with it. Although some people refer to it as a pocket knife, I use the pliers and screwdrivers far more than the knife on it.

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samroesch | 1 year, 9 months ago
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calipers for mech work, multimeter for elec work.

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mrben | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Definately has to be the Firebug plugin for FF. Nothing better than being able to fix styling issues in live.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago
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DREMEL, WD - 40, and Duct Tape. You can part the Red Sea with those three things.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Also, an index finger. Sometimes you can tell others to do it, and that can be easier.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Why has no one come up with Debit/Credit card?

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usecide | 1 year, 9 months ago
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It would be like this:
Software - GNU/Emacs
Hardware - Bus Pirate by Seed Studio.

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stoopidflanders | 1 year, 9 months ago
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43 answers and nobody else said "oscilloscope"? I can't imagine life without one.

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wkuace | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

i bought an old portable o-scope off ebay for $80, its analog but it works great, just had to replace a fuse. it takes some time to do the math with it but i don't like the sampling of the digital scopes at school. when i can afford i'll probably get a usb scope so i can take easy/accurate measurements. i think my analog scope on my desk gives me some major geek cred, maybe i'll make a clock

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nold | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Yea, would love to have one, but it's just to expensive for me T_T

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brandonman | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Duct Tape, Hot Glue, a soldering iron (With solder), and VC++ Express. That's all I ever need.

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wkuace | 1 year, 9 months ago
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drakesword and physics_dude beat me to it. My mind is my most valuable tool, next is google (other peoples minds lol)

I carry around a cheap multi-tool, a butane soldering iron, and a multi-bit screwdriver

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checho5123 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Definetly the notes i have from collegue in my laptop

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drakesword | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My brain. Simply put without it nothing is possible. It makes me see all of the possible and impossible solutions and helps me get it done.

As far as hand tools I have to say a MIG welder. As far as ease of use in welding its at the top. Practically a point and click interface.

Then ass far as software nothing is better then ye olde basic text editor like gedit

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calcprogrammer1 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I would have to say breadboard. Soldering iron is a great tool and I use it very frequently, but after getting a breadboard I can design circuits without solder and I can go through numerous revisions before I get it right, then I can make a board and solder the final design. I also would be lost without a multimeter, mine's a cheap one but I use it a ton.

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musashiaharon | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Leaving out obvious stuff like soldering irons and hot glue guns...

SW:
* Linux -- very easy to connect programs together, lets me access devices at very low-level. Totally geeky. Also, runs about 2x faster than Windows on my machine.
* Gedit -- I like how it's so stripped-down that I know exactly what it's doing when I compile/clean/whatever. Easily configured shortcuts to custom shell scripts are a big plus!
* Inkscape -- for icons, creating graphics from scratch

HW:
* bent-nose pliers -- great for straightening out resistor leads, desoldering components, moving wires on crowded breadboards...
* solder flux paste -- works awesome with desoldering braid, soldering to unusual metals, detailed and delicate jobs)
* oscilloscope -- the hacker's microscope. Makes it easy to see really quick and tiny signals. Absolute must for audio, radio, HF-digital, etc.

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sol618 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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hot glue gun

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Crap yeah, I have broken backs on overused books, and you can fix them up good as new with a hot glue gun! Also quite useful in placing objects for practical jokes.

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physics_dude | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My imagination...
(With creativity)

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garyallen | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My brain is the most essential tool I have--I take it everywhere I go.

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renhaka | 1 year, 9 months ago
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A Good Spirit, and plans.
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sysaaron | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Dtrace and strace rule my world.

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tottiq | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Linux, Google and my Whiteboard

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proflt | 1 year, 9 months ago
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toilet paper roll, duct tape, paper clips, household chemicals. MacGyver style!
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m4cgyv3r | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

I'd unroll the cardboard tube into plys of thinner more flexible material and use that.

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legomechanic | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My son. "Here my boy; hold this nail while I hammer it into the motherboard. It's going to fit into this case if its the end of me".

For some reason he seems to get nervous when I get out the power tools though.
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Experience.

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harkin | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I design and build "large" circut boards with hundreds of very tiny components.
Soldering Stations: Metcal MX-500 (Love of my life), Weller WCTPT - I hate adjustable irons.
Eagle PCB - Hate it but its the best out there for the price and it does everything I need, with some work.
Stereoscope - Have you ever tried to solder a 402 component? Swear to god its as big as a couple of grains of sand.
Tektronix TMS-200 - Not going to win the worlds greatest scope award but it gets the job done for a reasonable price.
Adjustable Power supply - One of my most expensive peaces of equipment and one of the most used.
GoodFET - Gods the things Ive done to this thing
Arduino - Ask a silly question
Vast assortment of 4$ screwdriver kits from lowes. I figure whats the harm of buying cheap and crappy screwdrivers? I'm gonna loose them before they wear out anyway.
Dremel Stylus - Fantastic for those small rework jobs.
Heat Shrink - You should always shield... always.
Heat Shrink Gun - Sometimes you need it hotter.

And thats about all I can think of for now. Off to the bus! Finals Time!

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digit_goat | 1 year, 9 months ago
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By day: Photoshop
By night: Nunchucks!

But really I'm gona have to say the entire Adobe master collection in invaluable in my work.
btw - my work is web/graphics design.

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davoclavo | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Arduino Mega
Logic Analyzer
Wire-wrap
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afuki | 1 year, 9 months ago
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As a programmer, photographer and remote worker I'd have to go with my Mac Pro, followed up by my cordless drill :)

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therian | 1 year, 9 months ago
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weed! It give inspiration to actually start building all ideas that I keep putting for later

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mousekelly | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

cannabis sativa, been giving ideas and false hope to people for 1000's of years! There are worse things you could be smoking, like tobacco, and crack.

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dmitrus | 1 year, 9 months ago
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dmitrus | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

Oh and I forgot heat shrink, solder gun, usb cable, aluminum foil, Styrofoam ... etc.
Those are all very handy tools if used correctly.

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blackman87 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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As a sparky its my small flathead screwdriver, I always carry one and I can use it for a lot of things, second best would be my knife.

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jacobvengeance | 1 year, 9 months ago
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well since I primarily use software daily. It would have to be my Toshiba Laptop with Ubuntu Linux with all my programming tools for C and Java

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xchurchx | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Hands-down, a PC.

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smoketester | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Leather bound graph paper notebook
Mechanical pencil
Eraser
Magnifying Visor
Digital Volt Meter
Soldering Iron
Small slotted and philips screwdrivers
Old Swiss knife with broken tip for opening enclosures
Fine pointed Sharpies
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bobasaurus | 1 year, 9 months ago
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For Software: Visual Studio / Qt Creator / WinAVR
For Hardware: Soldering Iron / STK-500

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acomputerdog | 1 year, 9 months ago
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my screwdriver with bits for anything

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donkey_lz | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Emacs, Google and my soldering iron.

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fieryarts | 1 year, 9 months ago
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The Command Line Interface.

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alexsimps | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Vise-Grips (the best tool ever; every farmer or builder has like 10 pairs holding everything together). Like a wrench or socket set, c-clamp, cutter, hand, hammer, handle or vise. Also nearly indestructible.

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swearinhagen | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My Dremel. It is literally my all around cutting grinding polishing fixing tool.

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dannyboy997 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Soldering Iron all the way.

You can even burn yourself with it.

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brainmi | 1 year, 9 months ago
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A program called Keybreeze.

http://keybreeze.com/

It's free and gives me immediate access to everything on my computer using a hot-key and keywords that I designate. It takes some time to setup and get used to, but once you get it, it changes the way you use your computer.

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colinb | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

This sounds very similar to GNOME Do.

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markdmartin | 1 year, 9 months ago
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SOG multitool, Bose wave radio and bullwinkle the laid back shop dog.
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chibiace | 1 year, 9 months ago
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pocket knife, floss and whatever else is in my pockets.

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greycode | 1 year, 9 months ago Report

A man without a pocket knife is a woman.

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jenningsthecat | 1 year, 9 months ago
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KiCad. It's free open-source schematic capture and PCB layout software. It runs on Windows and Linux, and I've used it on both platforms. I've designed well over a dozen boards with it. It's full-featured, it's powerful, and unlike most of the 'free' PCB packages, it has no limitations on number of pads, board size, etc.

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alankilian | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Last week, the most valuable tool was a USBEE-SX.

It allowed me to look at an asynchronous serial signal that changed baudrates
from 9,600 to 460,800 baud.

I could see every character going and returning from the device as well as
the timing in between the messages. It was a lifesaver.

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stillbourne | 1 year, 9 months ago
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toolchain

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abzman2000 | 1 year, 9 months ago
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fix-alls:
hot glue gun + many glue sticks
super glue
electrical tape
gorilla tape
zip ties (big bag of tiny ones)
soldering iron + solder
Looped End Tie Wires (rebar ties, like big paperclips)
razor blades (pack of 100, steel backed)
fibreglass resin
ethernet cable (thin solid core wire)
multi-tool

I can fix anything using these tools and supplies
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about 13 years of experience in not having the exact right tool for the job

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somebodygeeky | 1 year, 9 months ago
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wow...tough question...probably a tie between my ipod touch (jailbroken), duct tape , and *cough* µtorrent *cough*

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nold | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Google & Soldering Iron ;-)

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lewn | 1 year, 9 months ago
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My browser :)

Opera ftw, and yeah, the old version on linux still sucks :(

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dibs | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Aptana

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